On this page, you can access all the articles, posted under our factly initiative.
Under the Factly initiative, we cover all the articles that are important for the Prelims examination.
Daily Current Affairs News Articles for UPSC Prelims
Factly Articles of 2023
Factly Articles of 2022
- FVTPL Account: Banks may get a new investment category January 15, 2022What is the News? The Reserve Bank of India proposed a new investment category for banks—fair value through profit and loss(FVTPL) account. This is a part of its initiatives to align ...Read more
- GIS-based automated water connection and online booking of community halls in full swing under e-Chhawani in cantonments January 15, 2022What is the News? The Union Defence Minister has launched a GIS-based automated water connection and online booking of community halls under e-Chhawani Portal. What is a GIS-based automated water connection? The Geographical ...Read more
- ONDC: Govt’s e-comm net in talks with companies January 15, 2022What is the News? The government has said that a small-scale implementation of the Open Network for Digital Commerce(ONDC) will be rolled out across two cities to see how the technology-enabled ...Read more
- Baricitinib and Sotrovimab: Explained: How two drugs newly recommended by WHO work against Covid January 15, 2022What is the News? The World Health Organisation(WH0) has recommended two drugs, baricitinib and sotrovimab, for treatment of Covid-19. What is Baricitinib? It is part of a class of drugs called Janus kinase(JAK) ...Read more
- Unnat Bharat Abhiyan: UGC launches Training of Master Trainers in Community Based Participatory Research January 15, 2022What is the News? University Grants Commission (UGC) has launched the Training of Master’s Trainers program in Community-based Participatory Research under Unnat Bharat Abhiyan 2.0. What is Unnat Bharat Abhiyan? It was launched ...Read more
- CBSE announces holding of 27th edition of National Conference of Sahodaya School Complexes January 15, 2022What is the News? The Central Board of School Education(CBSE) has announced the holding of the 27th edition of the National Conference of Sahodaya School Complex. What is the Sahodaya School Complex ...Read more
- Consumer Affairs Minister suggests 5-point reform agenda for FCI January 15, 2022What is the News? The Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has suggested a five-point reform agenda for the Food Corporation of India(FCI) on the occasion of the ...Read more
- Union Minister says India has taken a lead in Asian Continent to provide Weather and Climate services to South Asian, South-East Asian and Middle East countries January 15, 2022What is the News? Union Minister of State for Science & Technology, Earth Sciences has said that India has taken a lead in Asian Continent to provide Weather and Climate services ...Read more
- Department of Personnel & Training (DOPT): Year-End Review 2021 January 15, 2022What is the News? The Department of Personnel & Training (DOPT), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions has taken several initiatives in the year 2021. Several of them are National Recruitment Agency Lateral ...Read more
- India getting warmer, hotter: 2021 fifth warmest year since 1901, says IMD January 15, 2022What is the news? India Meteorological Department (IMD) has recently released its report on India’s climate. What are the IMD’s findings? -2021 has been the fifth-warmest year since 1901, and the decade 2012-2021, ...Read more
- Delhi’s forest cover lost for first time in a decade January 14, 2022What is the news? The Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change has released the ‘India State of Forest Report 2021’. What is India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2021? It is a ...Read more
- India extends $900 mn aid to Sri Lanka January 14, 2022What is the news? India has confirmed a $400 million currency swap with Sri Lanka while deferring another $500 million due for settlement to the Asian Clearing Union(ACU). What is Currency Swap? Click ...Read more
- India and UK Launch Free Trade Agreement Negotiations January 14, 2022What is the news? India and the United Kingdom (UK) have formally launched negotiations for an ambitious Free Trade Agreement (FTA). What will be the aim of the India-UK FTA? The agreement aims ...Read more
- Rare delight as Black eagle seen in Delhi after three years January 14, 2022What is the news? Black eagle was spotted in Delhi after three years. Experts have called this a rare phenomenon in the Aravallis. What is Black Eagle? Black eagle is a hunter and ...Read more
- Environmental crises pose biggest threats to global population over next decade: WEF Global Risks Report 2022 January 14, 2022What is the news? The Global Risks Report 2022 has been released. What is the Global Risks Report? Global Risks Report is an annual report released by the World Economic Forum. The report was ...Read more
- Spectacular landscape changes detected in Gujarat’s Kachchh region due to major earthquakes in recent geological past January 14, 2022What is the news? According to a study, major earthquake events in the last 30,000 years resulted in spectacular changes in the landscape of the Katrol Hill Fault in the Kachchh ...Read more
- Diksha Dagar, Yash Ghangas included in Target Olympic Podium Scheme January 14, 2022What is the news? Haryana-based golfer Diksha Dagar and Judoka Yash Ghangas have been included in the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) in the Core and Development groups respectively. Moreover, Mission Olympic ...Read more
- A code for the committee of creditors January 14, 2022News: Parliamentary Standing Committee of Finance in its report had argued for the need to have a professional code of conduct for the committee of creditors. After this Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) had ...Read more
- POWERGRID and Africa50 in Joint Development Agreement, to pioneer Africa’s first transmission PPP project in Kenya January 13, 2022What is the news? Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) has signed a Joint Development Agreement with Africa50 to develop the Kenya Transmission Project. What is the Kenya Transmission Project? The Project ...Read more
- Writ petition not maintainable against proceedings by banks: SC January 13, 2022What is the news? The Supreme Court has observed that a writ petition by borrowers challenging proceedings under SARFAESI Act initiated by Bank/Asset Reconstruction Companies is not maintainable. What was the case ...Read more
